«They have ruined everything»: Green gentrification in Ghent, Belgium

Displacement; Ecological gentrification; Environmental gentrification; Green gentrification; Political ecology; Urban greening; Demography; Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science; Urban Studies; Nature and Landscape Conservation

Abstract :

[en] In recent years, some critical scholars have started to link urban greening initiatives to processes of gentrification. Up to now, however, much remains to be known about this phenomenon, which has been described as green gentrification. Focusing on three greening initiatives that were introduced over a two-decade period in one gentrifying neighbourhood of Ghent (Belgium), this study aims to contribute to the critical literature on green gentrification by highlighting the multi-faceted, dynamic and symbiotic nature of the process.

Disciplines :

Sociology & social sciences

Author, co-author :

Goossens, Cédric ; Equité dans les systèmes et dispositifs éducatifs (RFIE) ; Ghent University, Belgium

Language :

English

Title :

«They have ruined everything»: Green gentrification in Ghent, Belgium

Publication date :

2019

Journal title :

Sociologia Urbana e Rurale

ISSN :

0392-4939

eISSN :

1971-8403

Publisher :

Franco Angeli Edizioni, Milan, Ita

Volume :

392

Issue :

119

Pages :

59 - 77

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

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since 27 October 2023

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